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Home means Nevada: Elon Musk’s Neuralink moves legal base

Musk’s brain implant company moved its legal corporate home after a Delaware judge struck down his $55.8 billion pay package as CEO of Tesla.

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Recalled meat snack trays linked to salmonella poisoning

Fratelli Beretta USA, a New Jersey meat processing company, recalled more than 11,000 pounds of Busseto Foods brand ready-to-eat charcuterie meat products.

 
FDA seeks regulation of laboratory medical tests

The proposed rule would end decades of regulatory ambiguity and formally bring thousands of tests performed in large laboratories under FDA oversight.

 
Biden, Harris target 10 drugs for Medicare price-lowering plan

The Biden administration is targeting the blood thinner Eliquis, diabetes treatment Jardiance and eight other medications for Medicare’s first-ever drug price negotiations as it seeks to lower medical costs for Americans.

 
Multivitamins appear to boost brains of adults over 60 in study

While the study isn’t comprehensive enough to warrant broad recommendations to take vitamins, it provides important information about their use, the lead author said.

 
FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what it means

It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the exact impact will not be clear immediately.

 
What to know about prescription drugs promising weight loss

WeightWatchers recently announced it would acquire a telehealth company whose providers prescribe anti-obesity drugs for growing numbers of eager online subscribers.

 
Study hints healthier school lunch can reduce obesity

A 2010 federal law that boosted nutrition standards for school meals may have begun to help slow the rise in obesity among America’s children.